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RIP: Rob Stuart, Godfather of the NpTech Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The last time I saw him was in 2009 in San Francisco at the NTC. I just learned that Rob passed away , leaving behind a wife and two daughters. That’s when I first heard about Rob Stuart who at the time was Director of the Rockefeller Technology Project , at the Rockefeller Family Fund. Rob was the godfather.

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Convio puts the money where their mouth is for 09NTC

Amy Sample Ward

As Jordan Viator explains on the Connection CafĂ© blog: It’s no surprise that every other blog post you read these days talks about how to raise money, stretch funds and build supporters in the current economic climate. Give to the Scholarship Fund. See you in San Francisco in May! That’s right.

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Great reads from around the web on July 8th

Amy Sample Ward

" Traveling Geeks - "The Traveling Geeks are an informal group of technology influencers and bloggers rooted chiefly in the San Francisco Bay Area. We're traveling to London and Cambridge in July 2009 as part of Innovation UK. " Facebook Users Are Getting Older. " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Great reads from around the web on April 15th

Amy Sample Ward

Vodafone Americas Foundation Announces Wireless Innovation Project Winners - "The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the winners of its Wireless Innovation Project, a new initiative that identifies and funds unique innovations using wireless related technology offering the best potential to address critical social issues around the world.

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Hosting Harkin at the Hub

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Now that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports regularly on the employment situation for people with disabilities, there is strong evidence that it has gotten disproportionately worse for workers with disabilities since 2009. This is not quite Benetech’s area of expertise, but I took up to the challenge.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A study ( [link] ) funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation has found “when digital games were compared to other instruction conditions without digital games, there was a moderate to strong effect in favor of digital games in terms of broad cognitive competencies.”.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

Piper Trust funded an expansion of the Encore Fellowships program that originated in California. The original Encore Fellowships program in California pairs former corporate professionals with clinics and consortia in the Central Valley and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. In March of this year, The Virginia G. Sources: 1.